- Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove's Rendezvous with Destiny, about FDR and the five envoys who took America into World War II, is in stores.
- Which science-fiction novels should economists read?
- In Saudi Arabia, some consider the White Ribbon campaign to end violence against women a Western plot to demoralise Muslim societies.
- Russia facing the middle-income trap?
- Evidence from Indonesia: if you care about manufacturing, reform the service sector.
- The invention of the shipping container: 'It's as if humanity faced a stand of trees stripped of low-hanging fruit and despaired of further economic gain, only to have someone shout, "Hey, there are also a bunch of trees behind us!"'
- Some Australians worry that our international image consists of clichés about the outback, mateship and sport. But hey, it could be worse:
Wednesday links: FDR, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and more
Published 22 May 2013
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